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With the Vikings losing 38-7 to the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship Game, Shurmur, who has spent the last season as Minnesota’s offensive coordinator, is expected to be named the next head coach of the New York Giants this week.

Despite what happened in Philadelphia, Shurmur was given a lot of credit for the success of the Vikings’ offense in 2017, especially with the way he handled Case Keenum and his development.

Vikings starting tight end Kyle Rudolph thinks the Giants are getting a very special coach and spoke highly of what will soon be his former offensive coordinator.

“The way he’s led this offense even though we faced the adversity of losing another starting quarterback and another starting running back and he carried us all the way to a Top 10 offense, [the Giants] are getting a really special coach. If he is going there, we’ll miss him. I know that because our entire locker room respects him,” Rudolph said via NJ Advanced Media. “The way that guys listen and follow his lead will carry over.”

Before Shurmur took over as the Vikings offensive coordinator, Rudolph and Shurmur worked exclusively together in Minnesota when Shurmur was the tight ends coach in 2016.